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These are the apps that are killing your phone’s battery life

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:57PM EST
Android Battery Drain
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Smartphone battery technology simply cannot keep up with the rate at which other smartphone tech is improving. Some new components are being designed to help extend handset battery life, but it’s not easy to compensate for the newer high-resolution screens vendors are now using.

To compound matters, some of the most popular apps in the world are terrible when it comes to power efficiency, and now they have been named and shamed in a new study from AVG.

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In a study titled “Android App Performance Report,” the software and security experts at AVG turned their attention to application performance in the fourth quarter of 2014. The result is a very thorough look at the Android app ecosystem, and one particular area of interest pertains to battery life.

AVG dedicated a portion of its report to revealing which apps were the biggest battery hogs as of the fourth quarter last year. Interestingly, there are some very popular apps on the list, and perhaps it will prompt the companies behind these apps to reexamine their power management.

Here are the 10 worst apps in terms of battery drain, according to AVG:

These apps start up automatically and soak up your precious battery life, so it’s a good idea to keep an eye on them if you’re trying to extend a charge.

Now, here are the 10 worst offenders among apps that don’t start automatically when the phone boots up, but are instead initiated by the user:

AVG’s full report is available on its website.

Zach Epstein
Zach Epstein Executive Editor

Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 10 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content. Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment.

His work has been quoted by countless top news organizations, and he was recently named one of the world's top 10 “power mobile influencers” by Forbes. Prior to BGR, Zach worked as an executive in marketing and business development with two private telcos.